scholarly journals The impact of teaching computational astronomy on the development of students' computer skills

2019 ◽  
Vol 200 ◽  
pp. 02001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Afrodita L. Boldea

Some blended methods of teaching-learning were successfully used in teaching the astronomy and astrometry of asteroids to students in Computer Sciences at the University of Craiova, using real astronomical data about celestial objects from our Solar System, obtained from the Astronomical Observatory Isaac Newton (La Palma, Spain). The students were asked to develop some small scripts in order to facilitate the detection and the analysis of data for new discovered asteroids, a request that improved their capacities to understand and apply various modern concepts of Computer Graphics, Data Base and Web design. This approach to learning brings new challenges for the students, new opportunities for the process of professional training in Computer Sciences and provided good result in very short term, the students acquiring very fast the necessary skills to approach both the professional level of Web programming and the modern research area of Computational Astronomy.

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 731-738 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabel Silva de Jesus ◽  
Edite Lago da Silva Sena ◽  
Luana Machado Andrade

OBJECTIVE: to describe the perception of lecturers and undergraduate nursing students regarding the dialogic experience in the informal spaces and its relationship with training in health.METHOD: experiential descriptions were collected in the context of a public university in the non-metropolitan region of the state of Bahia, Brazil, using open interviews. These descriptions were analyzed according to the principles of the phenomenology of Maurice Merleau-Ponty.RESULTS: it was revealed that the informal spaces contribute significantly to the construction of knowledge and professional training strengthening teaching and promoting the re-signification of the subjects' experience.CONCLUSION: it is evidenced that the dialogic experience has relevancy for rethinking the teaching-learning process in the university, such that the informal spaces should be included and valued as producers of meanings for the personal and academic life of lecturers and students, with the ability to re-signify existence.


2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 21-24
Author(s):  
Lucia Možuchová ◽  
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Lucia Gašperová ◽  
Mária Rostášová ◽  
Dorota Jelonek

The university is an important part of the region's infrastructure and has the potential to initiate changes and transform the economy into a diverse range. The presence of a university in a host city or region has a strong impact on regional development. Universities are usually among the largest employers in the city. Their employees, students and visitors spend some of their finances in this city, which have an impact on local and regional economic development. The total size of the impact of university varies depending on the size of the university and the characteristics of the local and regional economy. The primary aim of the contribution is identification of the selected short-term impacts of the University of Žilina to the city and region, where it has its registered office. To achieve the stated goal, primary research was carried out primarily focused on the economic impact of university staff on the development of the Žilina´s region.


2021 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 76-79
Author(s):  
George Nicola ◽  
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Irina Maria Gheorghiu ◽  
Sanziana Scarlatescu ◽  
Paula Perlea ◽  
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The place of medical legislation in the university curriculum remains somehow uncertain and should be identified more clearly. A more robust knowledge base on the law is needed to enable medical students to develop sufficient legal competence to manage the challenges of future practice. Further research is needed to identify the most effective methods of teaching, learning and assessing legal knowledge and skills, during and after the completion of initial medical education. An in-depth analysis of resources shows that there is no robust evidence base that evaluates the impact in different curricular structures of the efficient methods in developing the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors needed in medical practice of student. Moreover, only a limited number of studies refer to the results and effectiveness of teaching and learning the elements of medical legislation.


Author(s):  
Fabiola Rojas Larios ◽  
Verónica López-Virgen ◽  
Evelyn Irma Rodríguez Morrill ◽  
Jorge Guzmán Muñiz

ABSTRACTIn recent years educational models have been changed in order to establish teaching-learning processes to set up profiles and professionalize the academic education actively. A didactic strategy is problem based learning (PBL). The purpose of this research is to analyze the impact of PBL on university students’ through social meaning that it represent themselves. Method: it was used a mixed methodology. The analysis unit was social meaning about PBL, which was analyzed through the natural semantic network technique. The sample was composed by 93 psychology students of the University of Colima in three different grades (3, 5 and 7). The test used was an open question questionnaire type. The results obtained in the SAM group showed that the main defining words with highest social representativeness regarding to PBL are: research, learning, team, analysis and debate.RESUMENEn años recientes se han modificado los modelos educativos con el fin de establecer procesos de enseñanza-aprendizaje que instauren perfiles y profesionalicen la formación universitaria de manera activa. Una estrategia didáctica es el aprendizaje basado en problemas (ABP). El objetivo de la presente investigación es analizar el impacto que tiene el ABP en los estudiantes universitarios a través del significado social que representa para los mismos. Se empleó una metodología mixta. La unidad de análisis fue el significado social del ABP, el cual se estudió a través de la técnica red semántica natural. La muestra estuvo conformada por 93 estudiantes de tres diferentes semestres (3, 5 y 7) de la Licenciatura en Psicología, Universidad de Colima. El instrumento utilizado fue un cuestionario con preguntas abiertas. Los resultados obtenidos en el conjunto SAM, muestran que las principales palabras definidoras con mayor representatividad respecto al ABP son: investigación, aprendizaje, equipo, análisis y debate. Contacto principal: [email protected]


2018 ◽  
pp. 61-67

Experiencia pedagógica en la implementación de la clase invertida en el proceso de formación académica Zeidy Sandra López Collazo, Andrés Rodríguez Jiménez, Yosdey Dávila Valdés Universidad de Artemisa, Código Postal: 33700, Cuba Resumen El presente artículo revela la experiencia pedagógica en la implementación de la metodología de Flipped Classroom o clase invertida en la formación académica de la segunda edición del programa de la Maestría en Didáctica que se desarrolla en la Universidad de Artemisa, Cuba. Todo ello sustentado en la aplicación de métodos del nivel teórico que permitieron sistematizar los referentes teórico-metodológicos acerca de la Flipped Classroom. Esta implementación se desarrolló en el curso de Metodología de la Investigación Educativa, particularmente en el tema correspondiente a La tesis como un tipo de documento científico, Para ello se dispuso un material audiovisual que los aspirantes debían visualizar independientemente, con la ayuda de una guía de observación que se les facilitó. La valoración del impacto sobre el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje se realizó mediante una entrevista grupal en la que todos los aspirantes pudieron expresar abiertamente, ante el colectivo de aspirantes y profesores, sus opiniones y criterios en relación con la metodología empleada. También se aplicó una encuesta para que cada estudiante evaluara sus niveles de satisfacción en este sentido. A partir de las respuestas a dicha encuesta se determinaron las medianas de los diferentes indicadores explorados mediante la estadística inferencial y el empleo del Coeficiente de Correlación Multidimensional rpj, como procedimiento lógico aceptado por la Teoría Clásica de los Test para determinar el grado de objetividad de los criterios emitidos. Los resultados obtenidos evidencian una tendencia a elevados niveles de satisfacción en los diferentes aspectos explorados. Descriptores: Aprendizaje inverso, clase invertida, integración, aprendizaje audiovisual Abstract This article reveals the pedagogical experience in the implementation of the Flipped Classroom methodology or inverted class in the academic formation of the second edition of the Master's program in Didactics that takes place at the University of Artemisa, Cuba. All this is based on the application of theoretical level methods that allowed systematizing the theoretical-methodological references about the Flipped Classroom. This implementation was developed in the course of Educational Research Methodology, particularly in the topic corresponding to the thesis as a type of scientific document, for which an audiovisual material was available that the candidates had to visualize independently, with the help of a guide of observation that was provided. The assessment of the impact on the teaching-learning process was carried out through a group interview in which all the applicants were able to openly express, before the group of aspirants and professors, their opinions and criteria in relation to the methodology used. A survey was also applied so that each student could evaluate their levels of satisfaction in this regard. Based on the responses to this survey, the medians of the different indicators explored through inferential statistics and the use of the Multidimensional Correlation Coefficient rpj were determined, as a logical procedure accepted by the Classical Test Theory to determine the degree of objectivity of the criteria issued. The results obtained show a tendency to high levels of satisfaction in the different aspects explored. Keywords: Flip teaching, Flipped Classroom, integration, audiovisual learning


Author(s):  
Marianna Ruchkina ◽  
Nataliia Сhernenko ◽  
Oksana Sakalіuk ◽  
Оleg Dolzhenkov

Relevance. The current changes in the field of education require the systematic updating of educational and professional training programs intended for future managers, the developing of new competences and the using of innovative training technologies, which confirms the significance and necessity of the dominance of practice-oriented training in the training of modern education managers who must be competitive on the labour market . The purpose of the article is to identify the features of the practice-oriented training as a means of professionalisation and to justify the specifics of its implementation into the system of professional training aimed at future education managers. Research Methodology. These theoretical methods were used in the study: analysis, generalisation and systematisation of scientific literature in order to clarify the concepts “professionalisation”, “professionalism” as well as the features of the practice-oriented training; to identify the specificity of the training aimed at the future education managers at an institution of higher education. In addition, questionnaires were used as a method of empirical research to identify the difficulties experienced by the future education managers in the period of their professional training within Master programmes. It has been proved that the professionalisation of the future education managers is a process of professionalism development. The authors have generalised the twelve-year experience of the Department of Educational Management and Public Administration of Ushynsky University in training future education managers to use a practice-oriented approach; to consider the challenges of today and the modern requirements set as a result of the reforms and innovations; to improve the content and to choose training tactics, taking into consideration corresponding teaching / learning forms, methods and tools which provide for the ability to autonomously make decisions under conditions of uncertainty, identifying risks, the impact of internal and external factors on the development of a higher education institution in the period of changes. The necessity to use the information-factual base of reasonably expected situations in the process of the future education managers’ independent educational activity has been substantiated since it promotes the development of higher education seekers’ individual abilities, the creation of conditions for their active, fruitful educational and cognitive activities and provides for creative use of organisational forms and methods.


Author(s):  
Jamshid Ali Turi ◽  
Muhammad Faizal A. Ghani ◽  
Yasir Javid ◽  
Shaharyar Sorooshian

The study was designed to check the impact of socio-emotional intelligence on academic performance of the university students. The target population was BS, MS and PhD students of the COMSATS institute for information technology. Self-administered questionnaire based survey method was adopted using Bar On EQ-I questionnaire for data collection based on non-random sampling (Convenient) sampling method. Results indicate positive correlation between socio-emotional intelligence and academic performance and the results recommend penetration of socio-emotional intelligence practices in teaching learning processes for getting best possible academics objectives.


2020 ◽  
Vol 87 ◽  
pp. 00084
Author(s):  
V.A. Buzni ◽  
M.E. Ivanova ◽  
L.I. Abbasova

The article discusses issues related to the study of the main attributes of the modern digital media space – social networks. The key issue, which is reflected in this article, concerns the educational potential of social networks, as well as their abilities in the context of the system of professional training of modern, competitive and most relevant specialists. The essence and specificity of social networks, their segments, effects and developing areas are determined. The possibilities of using social networks in the modern educational process in universities are revealed, and the process of their use is actualized, their certain potential is emphasized, as well as the effectiveness and inefficiency of individual elements of social networks. The study was based on a questionnaire survey – one of the most statistically useful and significant methods for researching the impact and effectiveness of socially significant technologies used in any area. The questioning was carried out among the student and pedagogical communities of the Republic of Crimea through a questionnaire and a survey posted on the “Vkontakte” social network, receiving the priority attention of most students and teachers both for personal communication and for remote interaction for educational purposes. In total about 100 teachers and about 150 students from various Crimean universities, areas of training, forms of education took part in the survey. The topic of the questionnaire is “The determination of educational opportunities for using social networks in the modern educational space of the university” and “The identification of the most effective options for using social networks in the modern educational process of the university”. The respondents gave answers to the questionnaire questions anonymously and impartially, which guarantees the reliability and accuracy of the results obtained.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 471-485
Author(s):  
Shariful Islam ◽  
Md. Abdus Salam

The art of teaching-learning in education have been changing in association with digital technologies. In recent years, formal primary schools as well as nonformal primary schools have started to conduct their teaching-learning activities by using digital materials to tap with the flow of technology enrichment. The objective of this paper was examining impact of audio visual materials (AVM) on learning of nonformal primary school learners. Quasi experimental (pre & post) research design was used to conduct the study. Therefore, this study administered quantitative approach to explore the perception of students considering the impact of intervention. Purposive & convenient sampling techniques have been followed in sample selection. Two groups of students of Grade IV were the sample. Students’ achievement test was used as tool. This study recognized that AVMs had significant impact on students’ learning in the context of creating motivation, testing prior knowledge, ensuring active participation in the classroom. Finally the study recommended that professional training for teachers is required for effective pedagogy with AVMs in classroom practices in nonformal primary schools in Bangladesh.


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